What is the best way to grow a pumpkin?

My dad noticed a squash plant growing on the back porch one day while he was weed whacking. He tenderly skipped around it and let it grow. Now, a couple of weeks later, it's gotten way bigger. For all respects it looks like a squash plant - spikey stems...

I'm growing summer squash in some seed starter pots. They're the bio degradable paper pots. And well my plants are growing very well and the roots are starting to go through the pots and I don't want to stunt the growth so could I just grow them in medium...

The pumpkin pie recipe I've used for years calls for a 15 oz. can of canned pumpkin.  This year, I bought a few fresh pie pumpkins and decided to make my pie from scratch. Should I just cook the pumpkin and measure out 15 ounces, or do I need to add...

Yes, grow, not pull :p I'm relatively new to gardening, and I wanted to grow dandelions for their greens and roots. About a week ago, I bought some dandelion seeds and decided to germinate them in 2 different ways. One was sowing them directly into the...

can u use the seeds of a pumpkin that were inside the pumpkin

A while back me and my best friend went to the closest plant nursery and I got little Jack pumpkin seeds. I live in Arizona and it is summer so I will obviously need to pot them. But the first time I tried to grow one it got really tall, then died. Any...

I am trying to grow a atlantic pumpkin and I was reading on how to grow it right. It says you have to have a male flower and a female flower. I'm only growing 2 pumpkins how do ...show more